Fraternidad-Muprespa attends the INSST technical conference on the 30 years of the PRL Law
Yesterday, Wednesday, the National Institute of Safety and Health at Work (INSST) hosted the technical conference “Prevention of occupational risks: 30 years of history facing challenges”, an event with an important institutional presence of people and entities linked to this field, such as Fraternidad-Muprespa, represented by a large group of specialists in the field of occupational risk prevention.
The Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Diaz, opened the day and recalled that Law 31/1995 was a turning point and incorporated “a new culture of prevention and corporate responsibilityHe also highlighted that in these three decades the number of deaths in work accidents has been reduced by almost half (from about 1,500 in 1990 to 677 registered in 2024).
“These figures continue to be very serious and require us to act", stated the vice president, who urged the interlocutors to reach a consensus at the social dialogue table on the future law on the prevention of occupational risks. "We have many differences, but the health of working people is not one of them”, he stated.
The new norm will respond, according to the head of Labor, to the “challenges of the time with approaches and tools of the 21st century: artificial intelligence and algorithms at the service of the health and progress of the social majority", and will introduce stricter regulation on carcinogenic, biological and chemical agents, updating the Environmental Limit Values. The information and registration systems for work accidents or the table of occupational diseases will also be improved.
Intensifying the action of the Labor and Social Security Inspection is another of its objectives. And all this, with a gender perspective, which will allow us to act on feminized groups in a more precise and effective way.
In addition, the vice president announced that 2026 will be declared the Year of Safety and Health at Work.
The day included four thematic tables that analyzed the evolution and areas for improvement of preventive regulations from different perspectives.
